{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-american-novelists-paperback-9781107600973","title":"The Cambridge Companion to American Novelists (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107600973","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to American Novelists\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume provides newly commissioned essays from leading scholars and critics on the social and cultural history of the American novel.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTimothy Parrish (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107600973, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 November 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The Cambridge Companion to American Novelists should appeal to all levels, from students studying American literature to general readers interested in learning more about a broad range of talented authors, representing the multi-ethnic narratives of America's history. Editor Timothy Parrish and his fellow contributors have compiled an accessible and informative guide, and a useful addition to library shelves.'  Reference Reviews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis Companion examines the full range and vigor of the American novel. From the American exceptionalism of James Fenimore Cooper to the apocalyptic post-Americanism of Cormac McCarthy, these newly commissioned essays from leading scholars and critics chronicle the major aesthetic innovations that have shaped the American novel over the past two centuries. The essays evaluate the work, life and legacy of influential American novelists including Melville, Twain, James, Wharton, Cather, Faulkner, Ellison, Pynchon and Morrison, while situating them within the context of their literary predecessors and successors. The volume also highlights less familiar, though equally significant writers such as Theodore Dreiser and Djuna Barnes, providing a balanced and wide-ranging survey of use to students, teachers and general readers of American literature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Timothy Parrish\u003cbr\u003e 1. James Fenimore Cooper Stephen Railton\u003cbr\u003e 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne Robert Milder\u003cbr\u003e 3. Herman Melville Clark Davis\u003cbr\u003e 4. Harriet Beecher Stowe Arthur Riss\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mark Twain Peter Messent\u003cbr\u003e 6. Henry James Thomas J. Otten\u003cbr\u003e 7. Edith Wharton Pamela Knights\u003cbr\u003e 8. Theodore Dreiser Clare Eby\u003cbr\u003e 9. Willa Cather Timothy Parrish\u003cbr\u003e 10. F. Scott Fitzgerald Ruth Prigozy\u003cbr\u003e 11. Ernest Hemingway Eugene Goodheart\u003cbr\u003e 12. William Faulkner Philip Weinstein\u003cbr\u003e 13. Henry Roth Hana Wirth-Nesher\u003cbr\u003e 14. Djuna Barnes Alex Goody\u003cbr\u003e 15. Zora Neale Hurston Lovalerie King\u003cbr\u003e 16. Richard Wright William Dow\u003cbr\u003e 17. Raymond Chandler Leonard Cassuto\u003cbr\u003e 18. Ralph Ellison David Yaffe\u003cbr\u003e 19. J. D. Salinger Sarah Graham\u003cbr\u003e 20. Patricia Highsmith Joan Schenkar\u003cbr\u003e 21. Vladimir Nabokov Julian W. Connoly\u003cbr\u003e 22. Jack Kerouac Joshua Kupetz\u003cbr\u003e 23. Saul Bellow Victoria Aarons\u003cbr\u003e 24. Kurt Vonnegut Todd Davis\u003cbr\u003e 25. John Updike James Schiff\u003cbr\u003e 26. Thomas Pynchon David Seed\u003cbr\u003e 27. Toni Morrison Valerie Smith\u003cbr\u003e 28. Philip Roth Debra Shostak\u003cbr\u003e 29. Don DeLillo Thomas Heise\u003cbr\u003e 30. Cormac McCarthy Brian Evenson\u003cbr\u003e Guide to further reading\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002008129816,"sku":"9781107600973","price":25.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107600973i.jpg?v=1696766501","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-american-novelists-paperback-9781107600973","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}